Tracea L. Rice
Associate
Tracea uses her background in computer and electrical engineering to advise clients in intellectual property matters in various forums. She leverages her experience as a former federal judicial law clerk and her love for trial advocacy to passionately represent her clients from pre-litigation through case disposition.
Tracea is experienced in representing clients in high-stakes patent infringement disputes before federal district courts, the Court of Federal Claims, and before the International Trade Commission. She also has experience representing clients in a variety of pro bono matters including employment litigation disputes.
Tracea has represented clients from pre-litigation investigations through federal jury trials. She has experience drafting substantive briefs, taking and defending witnesses at depositions, arguing hearings in federal court during Markman proceedings and other motions practices, preparing witnesses to give trial testimony, and taking witnesses at trial.
Prior to joining the firm, Tracea practiced at an international law firm and was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Robert W. Schroeder III in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Before law school, Tracea worked as a patent agent, drafting and prosecuting patent applications related to a wide range of technologies primarily in the electrical, computer, and mechanical technology fields—including software, e-commerce, aerospace, appliance and tooling technologies, and business method patents.
Recent Experience
During law school, Tracea received the 2019 Outstanding Student Award from the National Association of Women Lawyers—an award presented to a law student who contributed to the advancement of women in society and promoted issues and concerns of women in the legal profession. Tracea also won multiple trial advocacy competitions at the national level and received the Robert Goldberg Award in Trial Advocacy—an award given to the student who showcased the highest aptitude and ethics in trial advocacy at Wake Forest Law.
Recent Experience
Credentials
Education
Tracea received her B.S. in computer and electrical engineering from North Carolina State University in 2011. She received her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2019, where she was a member of the Order of Barristers National Honor Society and the Moot Court Board.
Admissions
- Virginia
Clerkships
- USDC - Eastern District of TX for the Honorable Robert W. Schroeder III
Related Insights & News
- Panelist, “Between the Ferns Judicial Law Clerk Panel,” Richard Linn American Inn of Court (February 16, 2023)
- Co-Author, “The Biosimilar Action Plan: An Effective Mechanism for Balancing Biologic Innovation and Competition in the United States?” The University of the Pacific Law Review (2020).
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